Virtual Northwest Airlines is dedicated to providing a unique environment for the advancement of the virtual aviation experience.

Through our mutual efforts, vNWA partners, pilots and staff continually work to ensure that all of our members feel as part of a family of like-minded enthusiasts who work together to simulate the operations of Northwest Airlines as closely as possible by utilizing the same fleet, routes, and hub structure of the airline before it merged.

In doing this, vNWA staff endevour to provide our pilots with all the tools needed to make their experience as enjoyable and realistic as possible.

James Bishop, vNWA CEO

vNWA VATSIM Activity

smartCARS Live Flights

NASCAR Charters Event 3

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/24/2021

Event #3 of the 2021 NASCAR Season

This week for Event 3 of the 2021 NASCAR Season we are still in Florida but further South in Miami.  The charters will begin on Thursday February 25th and run through Sunday February 28th.  We have routes out of all of our main hubs at MSP, DTW, MEM, PANC, EHAM, RJAA, and our NASCAR Hubs at CLT and KJQF into Miami Intl. Airport (KMIA). 

Our route numbers are NWA7000 - NWA7037 and pilots can fly any route we have in our system into KMIA and get credit as well. 

As always the top 3 pilots with the most flights will receive bonus hours as well as extra bonus hours for the pilot who has the best landing rate below -100 fpm. 

So lets have a Great turn out for Event 3 like we did for Events 1 & 2 as we continue the 2021 NASCAR Charters Season.

Port Authority Pandemonium: SW

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/24/2021

"Citation 5MW square your base to final, you're number 3 following an Archer turning a 5 mile final, additional traffic will depart prior to your arrival, wind 250 at 8, runway 27 cleared to land"

This is what happens when we staff Stewart for our Tower Thursday. Bring everything you got and expect minimum time on the runway cause we don't have many gates and you might get spun. Bada bing bada boom welcome to New Yawk!

As part of a semi-regular series known as Tower Tuesday/Thursday, we will staff a tower within ZNY every so often and ask you to jam it from all directions. Fly in IFR too, just to throw a wrench in the plans  

Airport: KSWF
Date & Time: February 25th, 2021 from 6PM to 9PM Eastern (2300z - 0200z)

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Payware P3D: https://secure.simmarket.com/sierrasim-simulation-kswf-new-york-stewart-international-airport-p3d4.phtml

Storm the Bay FNO

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/24/2021

We know you like flying to SFO, so we're going to staff it. SFO sadly does not like when you fly to it. We'll give you a chance to win prizes if you fly into one of the other featured airports. You like free stuff, so don't fly to SFO!

We are raffling away 8 prizes, thanks to the generosity of a few of your favorite add-on developers!

• 3x Cloudberry Simulations Oakland International Airport (P3D)
• 3x Product of Choice from OrbxDirect (any sim)
• 1x iniSimulations A300-600R(F) On the Line (XP)
• 1x FlightBeam San Francisco International Airport (FSX/P3D)

To enter the raffle (one entry per person allowed), you must:

• Complete the raffle entry form: https://forms.gle/4H9sH5gmtYvRAdau9 (before 0400z on event day)
• Complete a qualifying flight arriving into SJC or SMF, landing between 0100z and 0530z on event day

Qualifying flights must meet the following criteria:

• The flight must arrive at SJC or SMF, landing between 0100z and 0530z on event day
• The flight must be greater than 100 nm in great circle distance
• The flight can depart from any airport except for SFO

Full terms of the raffle are available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_HE_r9syXc7KiJv3xKRDwNSy-9_xk4odyvbDr_KeKpw/

Airports: KSFO, KSJC, KSMF
Date & Time: February 26th, 2021, 5 - 9 PM PST
Date & Time (Zulu): February 27th, 2021, 0100-0500z

Cross the Gulf

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/24/2021

ZMA and VATMEX are happy to bring back Cross the Gulf! Fly eastbound or westbound as you wish between Mexico City (MMMX), Cancun (MMUN), Tampa (KTPA) and Miami (KMIA).

Departures set to start on Saturday, February 27th at 2359z

BVA Fly-In

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/24/2021

This week's BVA event features a special twist on our normal GA Fly-In series. On February 28th we're celebrating two great Living History foundations in the New England area: The Collings Foundation and the New England Air Museum. The New England Air Museum is an aerospace museum located at Bradley Intl. (KBDL), and The Collings Foundation is a non-profit located in a small town just outside Worcester.

We encourage pilots to fly their favorite vintage or historical aircraft into KORH or KBDL from any of the surrounding staffed airports.

Executive Flight Schedules

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/03/2021

vNWA EXECUTIVE FLIGHT SCHEDULES

For anyone that would like to fly along with vNWA Executives, there are now tentative published schedules of vNWA Executives individual scheduled flights.  These flights and times are tentative and subject to change.  Feel free to contact the Executive for specifics if needed by clicking on the link below (KSTP Hub Website) or visit the KSTP Hub Website from the Hubs Tab at the top of the Homepage of the Website, to see when your Executives may be flying and you can join them.

So check out the schedules and fly with us .

KSTP Hub Website

(click on above link)

(updated 02/24/21)

vNWA Executives

Mark Toler - NWA1964  (2/25/21) 

 Chris Schiessl - NWA1223 (TBA) 

Robbie Suwary - NWA1999 (TBA)

vNWA Hub Tour 2012-2019

Posted by James Bishop on 01/30/2020

 vNWA Hub Tour 2012-2020

 Get to know your fellow pilots, and their airspace. There is no specified time to complete this tour, have fun with it and see what you get upon completion.  Click the Operations tab at the top of the homepage and click on "Tours" to get started. 

Be sure to leave a comment indicating a leg of the Tour when filing your PIREP so we can credit you with each leg of the Tour.